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stay with us. tavis: ayaan hirsi ali is a member of the dutch parliament and author of the best-seller, infidel and her later is nomad. thanks for coming on this program. >> thank you so much. tavis: when you were last here, we were starting to have a conversation of your view of christianity. we will come back to that in the conversation, i want to pick up on that. on the new one, you say frankly that your mission here is to inform the west about the danger of islam. what danger do we need to be made aware of? >> and when i say islam, i am talking about islam as a theology and they have a spiritual aspect. with the spiritual aspect i have no problems with. the political and social aspect have to do with concept such as jihad. wagering a holy war to persuade people and kill them. and the social is to do with women, and here people are leaving and going elsewhere. it's very important to note that not only are people moving but ideas are also moving. so people with ideas and people feel they should i
stay with us. tavis: ayaan hirsi ali is a member of the dutch parliament and author of the best-seller, infidel and her later is nomad. thanks for coming on this program. >> thank you so much. tavis: when you were last here, we were starting to have a conversation of your view of christianity. we will come back to that in the conversation, i want to pick up on that. on the new one, you say frankly that your mission here is to inform the west about the danger of islam. what danger do we...
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, were directing their anger at us. as you say, one another protester is reported to have been killed. it seems to be a picture of the anger spreading although i cannot -- i can tell you that the biggest protests on the eastern side have dispersed. >> can you clarify what exactly happened to the materials? why were they taking? or they burned? -- were they burned? >> the americans say they are investigating. what we understand is that all large haul of mature -- religious materials, including copies of the koran, were taken from prisoners in the main u.s. detention center. they believed that the prisoners had been using the books to transfer messages. they were all taken away. what is not clear is why the americans decided to then burn all of this material. afghan workers working at one of the incineration pips where the u.s. troops burned a lot of their rubbish, they saw these korans and other books being dumped. they intervened to stop them. those afghans' spread the word of what happened. they came out with fragments
, were directing their anger at us. as you say, one another protester is reported to have been killed. it seems to be a picture of the anger spreading although i cannot -- i can tell you that the biggest protests on the eastern side have dispersed. >> can you clarify what exactly happened to the materials? why were they taking? or they burned? -- were they burned? >> the americans say they are investigating. what we understand is that all large haul of mature -- religious materials,...
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thank you for joining us. western and arab countries will probably recognize the syrian national council of and the opposition to president assad. why the hesitancy? >> there is an uncertainty as to who represents the syrian people. there are the outsiders, part of an exile group, and there are those who are fighting inside syria and the political opposition inside syria. they have had a difficult time agree on whether military force should be used and whether or not they can be united. there is an effort in the estimable to bring these groups together. -- in is a symbol -- in stanbul -- istanbul to bring these groups together. >> how many more serious will be killed before this army is given the means to overthrow this regime and protect the citizens of the cities that are against the assad regime? >> that could make the violence even worse. >> we are already in a civil war. to pretend the violence can get worse is unfair at this point. they are committing the same atrocities that were committed by the father
thank you for joining us. western and arab countries will probably recognize the syrian national council of and the opposition to president assad. why the hesitancy? >> there is an uncertainty as to who represents the syrian people. there are the outsiders, part of an exile group, and there are those who are fighting inside syria and the political opposition inside syria. they have had a difficult time agree on whether military force should be used and whether or not they can be united....
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what weapons are they using? >> bashar al-assad is using every possible gun against his own people. we are surrounded with more than 10,000 soldiers, more than 80 tanks. most of the tanks are heavy, like russian tanks and anti- aircraft tanks. he is using rocket launchers and missiles altered -- artillery. everything. every possible gun he has. >> you have left the city. can you give me an idea as to how many people are in the city, how many people have escaped? >> a small number of the people could escape. they have left the area because there is no trip where i am now. it is possible -- impossible for anyone with a family to leave. i left alone on my own. we are still connected with each other in the neighborhood. they supplied me with that information which i give you now. i think the number, it is around 15,000 persons. >> how many people do you fear are going to lose their lives if this continues? >> i do not know. i hope it ends soon. i think everyday a new number, a big number will be. i do not think we can know exactly because when i was there, i do not know what is happenin
what weapons are they using? >> bashar al-assad is using every possible gun against his own people. we are surrounded with more than 10,000 soldiers, more than 80 tanks. most of the tanks are heavy, like russian tanks and anti- aircraft tanks. he is using rocket launchers and missiles altered -- artillery. everything. every possible gun he has. >> you have left the city. can you give me an idea as to how many people are in the city, how many people have escaped? >> a small...
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she used to get out of the presence. for her, this was a big thing. -- she used to give out presents. one night, she went out with friends and she never came home. the next thing she knew, she was married to an older muslim man. she is -- they think that she was forcibly converted. the state will not intervene. >> someone from state security said, once the issue is legitimize, you will be able to see your daughter. i asked him what he meant. he said, when she has a baby. what he meant was that once she has a child, she would not be able to leave, she would be trapped forever. >> look at me, i am dying inside. jesus christ gave me my daughter. he gave for to me, not to them. in three years, they have seen their daughter just once. coptic christianity is a faith much older than islam but many of the followers of our feeling the increasingly beleaguered in an overwhelmingly -- are feeling increasingly beleaguered in an overwhelmingly islamic society. >> the government is to blame because education is the islamic. they force
she used to get out of the presence. for her, this was a big thing. -- she used to give out presents. one night, she went out with friends and she never came home. the next thing she knew, she was married to an older muslim man. she is -- they think that she was forcibly converted. the state will not intervene. >> someone from state security said, once the issue is legitimize, you will be able to see your daughter. i asked him what he meant. he said, when she has a baby. what he meant was...
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that's useful. i have learned a lot about the future on this train, but the science expressed also teaches how little we know about the past and the origin of our own planet. the message of this carriage is we only know 4% of the universe. that's a sobering thought and it's also time for a break. all this science is making me sleepy. if you don't mind, i will crawl into this futuristic football and listen to a german scientist tell me about solar system. >> finally, the annual craziness and the spanish town of pamplona. five people have been enters -- have been injured in the traditional running of the bulls. people come all the world for this test of bravery. it was a very fast run this time, lasting only 2 minutes 20 seconds. there were five runners removed to hospitals for treatment. thank you for being with us. >> bbc world news was presented by kcet in los angeles. funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe vermont, and honolulu. the newman's own foundation and the j
that's useful. i have learned a lot about the future on this train, but the science expressed also teaches how little we know about the past and the origin of our own planet. the message of this carriage is we only know 4% of the universe. that's a sobering thought and it's also time for a break. all this science is making me sleepy. if you don't mind, i will crawl into this futuristic football and listen to a german scientist tell me about solar system. >> finally, the annual craziness...
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they're rushing to use the side to talk to customers. but as it is being reported, the marketing strategy is not risk- free. >> good morning. >> made a man with more than 14 million maids. actually, they are friends of his company, starbucks, which has decided facebook is the best way to have a conversation with customers. the coffee chain uses the social network and discusses services, debates what flavors of shebaa offer, and generally hang out on the web. >> over the last 10 years, there has been an erosion of trust with large institutions. and i think that what companies have to do is engage in a conversation with its customers, and the conversation has to be two-way. >> so companies like starbucks are convinced that the likes of facebook, a slender, and youtube provide a new way of engaging with customers -- and what the winter. but when things go wrong, they're finding that their customers are also rather good using these new methods. this summer, a comedy videos about the deep water horizons built reach across the web after the wi
they're rushing to use the side to talk to customers. but as it is being reported, the marketing strategy is not risk- free. >> good morning. >> made a man with more than 14 million maids. actually, they are friends of his company, starbucks, which has decided facebook is the best way to have a conversation with customers. the coffee chain uses the social network and discusses services, debates what flavors of shebaa offer, and generally hang out on the web. >> over the last...
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bbc news, mozambique. >> stay with us. when life becomes art, the reality of the baghdad bombing brought to a u.k. gallery. why fuller-sized models will be parading the catwalks during fashion week. first, the u.n.'s new aid coordinator will spend her first day on the job touring pakistan. she went there before setting foot in her office in new york. latest figures suggest 8 million people are in need of emergency aid. 1.8 million homes have been damaged or destroyed. mark doyle reports. >> baptism of fire. her first day as the united nations' top aide official. 20 million people are affected by the floods. 8 million are in immediate need of food, shelter, or medical care. people have taken refuge on riverbanks trying to regain some sort of normality. valerie want to see for herself what the real needs of these people are. for many, the struggle is too hard. mosquitoes are breeding in floodwaters, spreading fever and disease. politics is never far away. some people say their farms have been sacrificed to save well- connect
bbc news, mozambique. >> stay with us. when life becomes art, the reality of the baghdad bombing brought to a u.k. gallery. why fuller-sized models will be parading the catwalks during fashion week. first, the u.n.'s new aid coordinator will spend her first day on the job touring pakistan. she went there before setting foot in her office in new york. latest figures suggest 8 million people are in need of emergency aid. 1.8 million homes have been damaged or destroyed. mark doyle reports....
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thank you for joining us. we'll see you next time. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> charlie: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the coca-cola company, supporting this program since 2002. >> over a century ago, gottlieb daimler wrote four words that were a promise to himself and to the world. a promise to invent the first automobile, and to keep reinventing. to build the type of cars that define true performance while never sacrificing their true beauty. and to introduce innovations that help save lives and the planet. four simple words mercedes benz lives by to this day. the best, or nothing. that is what drives us. additional funding provided by these funders. >> and by bloomberg. a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. >> we are pbs.
thank you for joining us. we'll see you next time. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> charlie: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the coca-cola company, supporting this program since 2002. >> over a century ago, gottlieb daimler wrote four words that were a promise to himself and to the world. a promise to invent the first automobile, and to keep reinventing. to build the type of cars that define true performance while never sacrificing their true beauty. and to introduce...
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we use all the diplomatic tools available to us. we use public diplomacy where i talk here around the country about issues of religious freedom and we have an annual rjts freedom report that comes out. >> you have a term of art which is called countries of particular concern. but nowhere in that list is pakistan or indonesia or syria or kenya as we saw last week. so are you speaking to the right flash points? >> well, there are eight countries of particular concern at this particular time and at any time countries can be designated. that is, the president has given the authority to the secretary of state. what we do in my office is i'm the chief advisor to the president and to the secretary of state and we promote religious freedom but we also monitor religious freedom. in etch country we are always monitoring and give that report to the secretary any time the designation can be made. >> but in some of those countries and in other countries, chinese eritrea ant other countries, you don't have authority to enforce these governments t
we use all the diplomatic tools available to us. we use public diplomacy where i talk here around the country about issues of religious freedom and we have an annual rjts freedom report that comes out. >> you have a term of art which is called countries of particular concern. but nowhere in that list is pakistan or indonesia or syria or kenya as we saw last week. so are you speaking to the right flash points? >> well, there are eight countries of particular concern at this...
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it's something that none of us want. in order to get information or work with the people, the military has to be exposed. and the guy... this actual incident, the suicide bomber happened to be an informant. and so they were working with the people. and in the forward operating bases, which are remote bases that started two or three years ago, the u.s. military, their primary mandate now is to build relationships with the people, embed, kind of walk the beat with the cops. and the problem with that, though, is our casualties are going to go way up. there's no way around it. one thing that the military has done under pressure from our political leaders is start to pull our forward operating bases because- >> moyers: pull them, you mean bring them back? >> bring them back. >> moyers: from the mountainous regions and... >> and garrison them in compounds with big walls. but that doesn't do any good because you're just holing up troops. they're not interacting with the people. maybe reduce the casualties a bit, but... so if we
it's something that none of us want. in order to get information or work with the people, the military has to be exposed. and the guy... this actual incident, the suicide bomber happened to be an informant. and so they were working with the people. and in the forward operating bases, which are remote bases that started two or three years ago, the u.s. military, their primary mandate now is to build relationships with the people, embed, kind of walk the beat with the cops. and the problem with...
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like many animals, the use movement as part of the courtship ritual. scientists say the same it will be true of people. they found that those who dance well are healthier. it is an age-old way to meet someone. but now is showing -- it has been shown scientifically that watching someone dance may be one of the best ways u.s. as a potential problem. it is official. menu brush up on their moves can stand out on the dance floor. bbc news. >> you want to know, done here? yes, i have seen him dance, and he is ok. more on facebook and twitter. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold. get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corp
like many animals, the use movement as part of the courtship ritual. scientists say the same it will be true of people. they found that those who dance well are healthier. it is an age-old way to meet someone. but now is showing -- it has been shown scientifically that watching someone dance may be one of the best ways u.s. as a potential problem. it is official. menu brush up on their moves can stand out on the dance floor. bbc news. >> you want to know, done here? yes, i have seen him...
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it is regular they used in tv adverts and films. -- regularly used in tv adverts. this devastating mud flow has been impossible to predict. >> firefighters in the u.s. are still trying to put out a huge fire in san francisco. sparked by a gas explosion, four people were killed. the explosion produced a fireball and crater 5 meters deep. >> these are the first minutes after the explosion ripped through a neighborhood. firefighters can do little but watch as gas fields inside. officials say more than three dozen structures in this area were destroyed after a gas line exploded. the morning revealed smoking ruins with hours before there were homes. several people are known to have died. the explosion left a giant crater in one town. >> this is difficult for the city. the sun is shining but there is still a dark cloud over this city. you have heard the numbers. unfortunately they will get higher. >> the fire burned into the night, spreading to more homes before gas supplies could be shut off. residents fled with what they could grab. >> all the things that we have lost,
it is regular they used in tv adverts and films. -- regularly used in tv adverts. this devastating mud flow has been impossible to predict. >> firefighters in the u.s. are still trying to put out a huge fire in san francisco. sparked by a gas explosion, four people were killed. the explosion produced a fireball and crater 5 meters deep. >> these are the first minutes after the explosion ripped through a neighborhood. firefighters can do little but watch as gas fields inside....
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bnsf, the engine that connects us. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: the president accused the republicans of being fiscally irresponsible, but admitted that his own policies have not worked as quickly as hoped. congressional correspondent kwame holman reports. >> we got some business to do today. >> reporter: just eight weeks from election day, the president made his pitch in cleveland today to help the sputtering u.s. economy >> that means making long-term investments in education and clean energy; in basic research, technology, and infrastructure. >> reporter: and he also took a stand against extending the bush era tax cuts for the top 2% of earners, setting up a pre- election fight with repub
bnsf, the engine that connects us. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: the president accused the republicans of being fiscally irresponsible, but admitted that his...
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. >> reporter: he used a long steel rod to show us how loose rock left after blasting can easily be dislodged. that's why it has to be removed so it doesn't fall without warning and cause injuries. he says some of the big mines don't do this kind of maintenance and don't follow the existing safety rules. but after the cave-in, the owners insisted the miners survived because the company had followed the rules. but the company never finished building a mandatory escape ladder. if they had the miners had a clear path to it and could have used it to escape. that out rages nellie, whose son is is trapped in the mine. >> this mine should be closed. this is an unsafe mine. it doesn't haved ladders to get out. this is a mine that shouldn't continue giving work to anybody. it's been overworked. it's a mine overexploited. you can't continue to send people who go below this hill because it's dangerous. it's very dangerous. you shouldn't send anybody down there. miner or anybody. if it's not safe. >> reporter: mining company officials did not respond to requests for an on-camera interview. jessica cortez
. >> reporter: he used a long steel rod to show us how loose rock left after blasting can easily be dislodged. that's why it has to be removed so it doesn't fall without warning and cause injuries. he says some of the big mines don't do this kind of maintenance and don't follow the existing safety rules. but after the cave-in, the owners insisted the miners survived because the company had followed the rules. but the company never finished building a mandatory escape ladder. if they had...
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sweat, they see us smile. it was just an awome experience. once you have circus in your blood, you can't really get it out. it's there for good.
sweat, they see us smile. it was just an awome experience. once you have circus in your blood, you can't really get it out. it's there for good.
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caravalho wouldn't talk to us, but he told us by email that he was trying to help. we showed his memo to general chiarelli. >> were you aware of this memo before yesterday or today? >> no, i wasn't. i've asked my lawyers to look at it, okay, to make sure that we have not made this more restrictive than the army regulation. >> chiarelli says some soldiers with t.b.i.s have received purple hearts. but the pentagon told us they don't know how many and they don't know how many have been denied. >> i appreciate you bringing this to my attention, i will go down range and insure that i talk to them and let them know that they need to be more in line with the regulation. we asked officials at the pentagon what's the purple heart policy in afghanistan now that the fighting and explosions are shifting there. they said, they're revising the policy. meanwhile, the military says they're making progress. they've just opened a center to study traumatic brain injury and they've rolled out a new policy designed to improve diagnosis and treatment. but, for soldiers like michelle dyar
caravalho wouldn't talk to us, but he told us by email that he was trying to help. we showed his memo to general chiarelli. >> were you aware of this memo before yesterday or today? >> no, i wasn't. i've asked my lawyers to look at it, okay, to make sure that we have not made this more restrictive than the army regulation. >> chiarelli says some soldiers with t.b.i.s have received purple hearts. but the pentagon told us they don't know how many and they don't know how many...
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it was broadly used. a reporter at cnn put an ad on of this kind and got 15 responses in three hours. we talked to constituents. we looked at craigslist. it was clear that it was massive in terms of the opportunity for prostitution. it's not just prostitution. it's human trafficking. the terrible, terrible abuse of children. so whatever efforts that they were making to keep people off that would do these things, they were failing. maybe necessarily were failing. but it was clear, i think, to most everybody that this was a huge source of the information that leads to prostitution and in some cases human trafficking. >> woodruff: john miller, do you dispute that that's what's been going on at craigslist? >> no. it's probably pretty likely these ads were for prostitution. the question is not, are these ads for illegal services and should law enforcement take action against these ads and the people placing them? but the question is really is this the most effective way to do that? we're not sure that it is. a
it was broadly used. a reporter at cnn put an ad on of this kind and got 15 responses in three hours. we talked to constituents. we looked at craigslist. it was clear that it was massive in terms of the opportunity for prostitution. it's not just prostitution. it's human trafficking. the terrible, terrible abuse of children. so whatever efforts that they were making to keep people off that would do these things, they were failing. maybe necessarily were failing. but it was clear, i think, to...
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for the rest of us, let us at least base our arguments on fact. no more death panel. >> e.j. dionne michael gerson, nice to talk with you, and happy new year. >> thank you. >> nice to be with you. >> suarez: next, a project to protect early christian texts from age, insects and war. special correspondent fred de sam lazaro reports. >> who would have thought that a monastery in central minnesota is the world's largest collection of photographs and manuscripts? >> reporter: for 50 years, this underground library at st. johns abbey has collected and catalogued historic christian manuscripts. fr. columba stewart says it's part of a monastic tradition that dates back to the 6th century. >> i'm a benedictine monk. there's an impulse in benedictines to exercise this role of cultural guardianship, and that's an impulse that continues even in the modern age. >> reporter: many of the texts were handwritten long before printing presses. some, like this koran, were created soon after. this one commissioned for study by some of the first protestant scholars. >> it's the first printed copy
for the rest of us, let us at least base our arguments on fact. no more death panel. >> e.j. dionne michael gerson, nice to talk with you, and happy new year. >> thank you. >> nice to be with you. >> suarez: next, a project to protect early christian texts from age, insects and war. special correspondent fred de sam lazaro reports. >> who would have thought that a monastery in central minnesota is the world's largest collection of photographs and manuscripts?...
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heidi, thanks for joining us. now, an investigation is promised, but what if anything is nope at this point about the initial incident? why were the soldiers taking the korans to a garbage dump? >> reporter: we've had a few officials tell us anonymously that what was of concern was some of these writings in the margins of some of these religious texts. some of these texts were coming in from pakistan and had extremist language. these were in the detention facility, and so the officials there decided they needed to get rid of these, and somehow deciding to get rid of them turned into taking them to the incineration pit, and that's where all the trouble started. >> brown: heidi, you're talking about writings in the koran, just fill that-- fill that in a little bit for us. what kind of writings are you talking about, and we know who was doing the writings that were found in these detention centers? >> reporter: that is a little unclear right now. what we've been told is that there were notes made on these religious t
heidi, thanks for joining us. now, an investigation is promised, but what if anything is nope at this point about the initial incident? why were the soldiers taking the korans to a garbage dump? >> reporter: we've had a few officials tell us anonymously that what was of concern was some of these writings in the margins of some of these religious texts. some of these texts were coming in from pakistan and had extremist language. these were in the detention facility, and so the officials...